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Tear Duct Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery to repair the tear ducts, for example if they are blocked.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
431 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
246 days
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Wait Times

90%

Communitysort ascending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
433 days
246 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Communitysort ascending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
120 days
126 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
April 1 2019 - March 31 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
May 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Communitysort ascending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Emad A Massoud
Halifax
116 days
215 days
Ahsen Ayyaz Hussain
Halifax
433 days
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Curtis Archibald
Halifax
421 days
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John Hamilton
Antigonish
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Communitysort ascending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Emad A Massoud
Halifax
59 days
126 days
Ahsen Ayyaz Hussain
Halifax
324 days
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Curtis Archibald
Halifax
125 days
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John Hamilton
Antigonish
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
April 1 2019 - March 31 2020
Next Update: 
May 2020
Disclaimer: Hospitals and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency priority cases. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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